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Merkley Monthly: Realizando importantes inversiones en el puerto de Coos Bay

El Mundo de Coos Bay. Transformar el Puerto Internacional de Coos Bay, Oregón, en la primera instalación portuaria totalmente conectada con el ferrocarril en la Costa Oeste representa una gran oportunidad para Oregón y nuestras comunidades costeras. Este proyecto creará empleos sindicalizados bien remunerados y empleos locales permanentes, y aumentará la capacidad portuaria de la Costa Oeste en...

Tres estadounidenses fueron liberados de prisiones en China

NPR. El gobierno de Biden afirma que todos los prisioneros fueron detenidos injustamente y que se están reuniendo con sus familias por primera vez en muchos años. Parecen ser parte de un intercambio de prisioneros. ARI SHAPIRO, PRESENTADOR: Tres estadounidenses han sido liberados de prisiones en China. El gobierno de Biden...

Wyden y Merkley anuncian casi 1 millón de dólares para la restauración del ecosistema en Oregón; el premio de la Fundación Nacional de Pesca y Vida Silvestre beneficiará a los residentes y proyectos a lo largo del río Tillamook.

Pionero del condado de Tillamook, Washington DC—Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley anunciaron hoy una inversión federal de $1.18 millones para la Asociación de Estuarios de Tillamook con el fin de ayudar a reparar la carretera Burton-Fraser a lo largo del río Tillamook, que limita el paso de peces. "Dejar que nuestra infraestructura se desmorone con el tiempo hasta un punto en que...

BIDEN $1.9T RELIEF PLAN A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, SEN. MERKLEY SAYS

SALEM, Ore. — The American rescue plan signed by President Joe Biden will help millions receive COVID-19 relief. Senator Jeff Merkley said the plan is another step in the right direction as cases begin to drop in Oregon and vaccination quantities continue to increase. “After a year in which everything suddenly

More Than $1,400 Checks: Merkley touts elements of America Rescue Plan

When Pres. Joe Biden signed the America Rescue Plan into law this week, it did much more than just send $1,400 checks to Americans. Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley calls the $1.9 trillion dollar American Rescue Plan “the most transformative pieces of legislation since the New Deal.” “It’s a massive

Secure Rural Schools funds up for reauthorization

Oregon and Idaho senators are leading a push in the United States Senate to reauthorized the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program through September 2022, after the program expired in September 2020. Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have been joined by Idaho Senators. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch in

Bipartisan bill would ban lawmakers from buying, selling stocks

A bipartisan group of more than a dozen lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill banning members of Congress and senior staff from buying and selling stocks, most bonds and options contracts. Called the Ban Conflicted Trading Act, the measure is intended to prevent lawmakers and high-level staffers from enriching themselves

MERKLEY STEPS INTO CHAIRMAN ROLE ON SUBCOMMITTEE

Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley said he will serve in the 117th Congress as Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s subcommittee that oversees chemical safety, waste management, environmental justice and regulatory oversight. Merkley said “While the climate crisis will affect us all, we’ve already seen that the

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